Spirits Known and Unknown

by Leon Thomas

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  • Type: Album
  • Released: March 1970
  • Label: Flying Dutchman
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 52:23
  • Community rating: 3.87/5 from 3 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Leon Thomas' debut as a leader followed his work with Pharoah Sanders and foregrounded his distinctive vocal techniques within a spiritual jazz setting. 'Spirits Known and Unknown' connects modal jazz, protest themes, and extended vocal expression in the Flying Dutchman catalogue.

Genres

Descriptors: protest, improvisation, war

Tracklist

  1. The Creator Has a Master Plan (4:25)
  2. One (3:09)
  3. Echoes (5:40)
  4. Song for My Father (5:19)
  5. Damn Nam (Ain't Goin' to Vietnam) (4:44)
  6. Malcolm's Gone (8:42)
  7. Let the Rain Fall on Me (5:27)
  8. A Night in Tunisia (8:20)
  9. Damn Nam (Ain't Goin' to Vietnam) [Live at the Fillmore East] (4:51)
  10. Um Um Um - Live at the Fillmore East (1:42)

Credits

  • Leon Thomas - primary artist, vocals, percussion, written-by
  • James Spaulding - alto saxophone, flute
  • Cecil McBee - bass
  • Richard Davis - bass
  • Richard Landrum - bongos
  • Roy Haynes - drums
  • Lonnie Liston Smith - piano
  • Little Rock - tenor saxophone

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